THE FARMER'S MANUAL. 39 



Mr. Cobbet next proceeds with an ingenious cal- 

 'eulation upon the profits of a farm of 100 acres, with 

 12 acres of Ruta Baga, 15 acres of Indian-corn, 12 

 acres of orchard, under grass, three acres of early 

 cabbages, an acre of Mangel Wurtzel, (or scarcity- 

 root,) an acre of carrots and parsnips, together with 

 such white turnips as can grow conveniently with 

 his corn, after the last ploughing and hoeing; and 

 forms this result. 



" With these crops, which would occupy 32 acres 

 of ground, I should not fear being able to keep a 

 good house in all sorts of meat, together with butter 

 and milk, and to send to market nine quarters of beef, 

 and three hides, a hundred -early fat lambs, a hundred 

 hogs, weighing twelve score each. These altoge- 

 ther would amount to about 3000 dollars, exclusive ol 

 the cost of 100 ewes, and three oxen; and I should 

 hope the trees in my orchard, and the other 56 acres 

 would pay the rent, or interest, of the farm and la- 

 bour, with the taxes." 



It will be noticed here, that Mr. Cobbet calculates 

 to spend all his crops upon his farm, and thus secure 

 to himself the advantages arising from the manure 

 they would make. If any one should doubt the prac- 

 ticability of this plan, let' him turn back to the Salem 

 Aims-House Farm, and compare for himself; that 

 farm had not the advantages of the Ruta Baga crop, 



As Mr. Upton has not given to the public his 

 particular mode of managing* his farm, and feeding- 

 out his crops, I will supply its place by continuing 

 this extract of Mr. Cobbers proposed process, in 

 detail. 



" My feeding should be neavly as follows. I will 

 begin with February ; for until then, the Ruta Baga 

 does not come to its sweetest taste ; it is like an apple, 

 that must have time to ripen ; but then it retains its 

 goodness much longer, I have proved, especially 

 in the feeding of hogs, that the Ruta Baga is never 

 so good, till it arrives at a mature state. In Februa 



